SS 1 Government 1st Term Exam
  • 1. 1. A person who act with de-jure authority acts on ______
A) Act on behalf of the followers because he want to lead them right
B) On behalf of others who have assigned him
C) Based on the power he has in his office
D) Behalf of himself because he think he could do so
  • 2. 2. Which of the following is not a component of political culture?
A) Beliefs
B) Age
C) Societal values
D) Emotions
  • 3. 3. Which of the following is not the function of the government?
A) Provision of all the material needs of all citizens
B) Defence of territory from external attacks
C) Provision of free Education
D) Maintenance of relations with other states
  • 4. 4. Forms of power which is derived from the people and the Constitution is ______
A) Executive power
B) Military power
C) Political power
D) Physical power
  • 5. 5. The right to freedom of speech means that people are free to ______
A) Participate in government
B) Express opinions within the limits of the law
C) Disobey the government of the day
D) Express anything they like about government
  • 6. 6. A state is a special form of human association because it ______
A) Has a constitution approved by the citizens
B) Has a legitimate monopoly of life and death penalties over its citizens
C) Has a government
D) Can punish law breakers
  • 7. 7. A citizen expresses loyalty to his nation by ______
A) Participating in sport
B) Lobbying for ministerial appointment
C) Singing the national anthem when required
D) Supporting political parties
  • 8. 8. The institution through which government discharge responsibilities is known as _____
A) National assembly
B) Political party
C) Organs of government
D) Pressure groups
  • 9. 9. The following are types of Sovereignty except _____
A) Internal Sovereignty
B) Legal Sovereignty
C) De-facto Sovereignty
D) Delegated Sovereignty
  • 10. 10. Which of the following is related to government as a process of governing?
A) The role of pressure groups within the state
B) Disagreement between state and local governments
C) Abrogation of Fundamental Human Rights
D) Implementation and adjudication of law
  • 11. 11. In a democracy, political Sovereignty resides with the ______
A) Military
B) Legislature
C) President
D) Electorate
  • 12. 12. Right to rule based on norms, customs and conventions of the people is referred to as ______
A) Charismatic authority
B) Legal authority
C) Traditional authority
D) Rational authority
  • 13. 13. A political concept that is composed of the attitudes, beliefs, emotions and values of a society is called _____
A) Political authority
B) Political culture
C) Political socialization
D) Political party
  • 14. 14. The scholar who defined sovereignty as an absolute power vested in one authority was ______
A) Baron Montesquieu
B) Jean Bodin
C) A.V. Dicey
D) John Austin
  • 15. 15. Obedience to the laws of the state is a part of one's _____
A) Privileges
B) Rights
C) Duties
D) Requirements
  • 16. 16. Power can be described as the _____
A) Ability of legislature to delegate its right of law-making to another body
B) Capacity of the government to encourage communities to embark on self-help projects
C) Capacity to compel or influence others to act in a certain way
D) Ability of the he executive to encourage pressure groups to go on strike
  • 17. 17. The two components of Sovereignty are
A) The rule of law and fundamental human rights
B) Political power and political authority
C) Influence and political authority
D) Political Independence and supreme authority of the state within its territory
  • 18. 18. Government is defined as ______
A) A machinery established by the state to organise, manage its affairs and administer its function
B) A group of leaders that fights for the interest of their followers
C) A machinery established to punish offenders
D) A body of people employed to use power over the citizens
  • 19. 19. A government is legitimate if it _____
A) Comes to power through a coup d'etat
B) Provides social services for the people
C) Has the mandate of the people to rule
D) Is not oppressive
  • 20. 20. The study of government offers individual all the following except a ______
A) Knowledge on the process of government
B) Training to become a judge
C) Basis of career opportunities
D) Training on good Citizenship
  • 21. 21. Sovereignty implies all the following except _____
A) The supremacy of the political parties
B) A state of political Independence
C) Unlimited power of a state to make and enforce laws
D) The highest authority in a state
  • 22. 22. Popular Sovereignty is located in the ______
A) Electorate
B) Opinion leaders
C) Police
D) Military
  • 23. 23. Which of the following is a basic component of political culture?
A) Cultural design
B) Cognitive orientation
C) Cultural development
D) Cultural display
  • 24. 24. The Citizenship of a country may be acquired by _____
A) Decolonization
B) Naturalization
C) Nationalization
D) Neutralization
  • 25. 25. Government as an academic field of study refers to the _____
A) President and his ministers
B) Working of the organs of government
C) Membership for f international organizations
D) Study of political institutions and processes
  • 26. 26. A state performs all the following functions except ______
A) Encouraging trade with other states
B) Promoting the welfare of the citizens
C) Providing social services
D) Encouraging the struggle for power
  • 27. 27. Which of the following groups has a compulsory membership?
A) Society
B) Club
C) Community
D) State
  • 28. 28. A government which has the ability to compel its citizens to obedience is said to be exercising ______
A) Power
B) Coercion
C) Authority
D) Legitimacy
  • 29. 29. A government's supreme power to demand obedience from its citizens demonstrates the notion of _____
A) Rule of law
B) Separation of power
C) Sovereignty
D) Parliamentary supremacy
  • 30. 30. A form of government that places political power in the hands of a few people is _____
A) Oligarchy
B) Parliamentary government
C) Authoritarianism
D) Feudalism
  • 31. 31. Government as the act of governing means the ______
A) Act of vetoing bill
B) Activities by which government policies are made and implemented
C) Activities of pressure groups and political parties
D) Orders of judiciary and legislature
  • 32. 32. The legislative organ of government is the body which _____
A) Implement laws and policies
B) Punishes the law breakers
C) Interprets the law
D) Makes the law
  • 33. 33. A sovereign state is one
A) Whose government decisions are made independent of foreign interference
B) In which sovereignty is invested in the military
C) Where its citizens can speak without fear or favour
D) Whose citizens are free to avoid responsibilities
  • 34. 34. Power is transformed into authority through _____
A) Legitimacy
B) Influence
C) Force
D) Inheritance
  • 35. 35. It is not the duty or obligations of a citizen to _____
A) Check the activities of the government
B) Defend the country from attacks
C) Report any criminal acts
D) Register for election
  • 36. 36. The body that makes law and enforces same in the state is the ______
A) Military Sovereignty
B) Legal Sovereignty
C) Government sovereignty
D) Political Sovereignty
  • 37. 37. Location of a sovereignty in a state include _____
A) In a Unitary state
B) In a monarch
C) All of the above
D) In a federal state
  • 38. 38. A form of government where the best citizens rule is ______
A) Unitary
B) Aristocracy
C) Oligarchy
D) Plutocracy
  • 39. 39. A form of government where the state is ruled by the wealthy class is _______
A) Aristocracy
B) Autocracy
C) Theocracy
D) Plutocracy
  • 40. 40. The primary function of the government in a state is to _____
A) Provide transport services
B) Maintain law and order
C) Imprison criminals
D) Build schools and hospitals
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